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Jay McShann
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1916
- Active to
- 2006
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James Columbus (Jay or Hootie) McShann (January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006) was an American blues and swing pianist, bandleader, and singer. McShann was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and began working as a professional musician in 1931, performing around Tulsa, Oklahoma and neighboring Arkansas. He moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1936, and set up his own big band, which featured Charlie Parker (from 1937 to 1942), Bernard Anderson, Ben Webster and Walter Brown. <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jay
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Muskogee
- Place of death
- Kansas City
- Occupation
- conductor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- boogie-woogie
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Vee-Jay Records
- Official website
- www.jaymcshann.com
- Image
- Jay McShann in Edinburgh.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1909-01-12
- date of death
- 2006-12-07
- Commons category
- Jay McShann
- start of work period
- 1931-00-00
- time period
- 20th century
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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